Movable serving-table.



J. J. GABRIEL.

MOVABLE SERVING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1910 Patented July 4, 1911.

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MOVABLE SERVING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1910.

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Joseph J. Gabriel,

UNITED STATES" JOSEPHJ". GABRIEL, 0F FLINT, MICHIGAN.

MOVABLE SERVING-TABLE.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Application filed September 17, 1910. Serial No. 582,531.

To all whom 'it my concern:

Be it known that I,JOSEPH J. GABRIEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Movable Serving- Tables,of which the following isa specification, reference being hadaccompanying drawing.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved vehicle fortransporting food, dishes, and other things from place to place in ahotel or other public place where meals are served; also 'for use inhospitals, and private dwellings in order to facilitate the handling ofdishes and other articles and tosave time and labor.

The invention consists of a wheeled ve hicle provided with means forcarrying all the different utensils and other things used in hotels andprivate houses in transporting food from place to place so constructedand arranged that the articles transported can be easily placed andarranged on the vehicle and removed therefrom.

Referring to the accompanying drawingsz Figure 1 is a view inperspective of the movable serving table constructed in accordance withthis invention. Fig. 2 is a side View in longitudinal section of thedevice. Fig. 3 is an end view in cross section. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail view of a portion of the body of the main frame of the devicewith parts broken away.

In carrying out the invention a shallow rectangular oblong tray 1 isprovided which is mounted on longitudinal side bars 2, the tray and'sidebars being supported on the axles 3 and Wheels 4; at the end of saidaxles by any suitablemeans, and, as here shown, preferably by means of avertical strip of sheet metal 5, whichis rolled at its lower end to forma sleeve or casing for the shaft 3 of the wheels, the upper end of thesheet 5 being bent at an angle, as at 7, and secured to the under sideof the tray 1. The sheet metal stri 5 is braced at each end by means ofa longitudinal bar 8 which is secured to the underside of the tray 1 andhas each end abutting against the strip 5. Suitable drawers therein tothe one located above the other, the upper tray resting on the table'andremovable from the main structure so that whenit is desired to use thelower tray only, the upper one may be dispensed with.

It will be found that by means of this construction, food, dishes,cloths, and other articles used in hotels and private houses and inpublic places may be readily moved from one place to another in largequantities.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, an oblong rectangular tray having depending sides, a shaftand Wheels beneath each end of said tray and a depending strip of sheetmetal secured to each end of said tray and having its lower end coiledabout said shaft to form a sleeve for said shaft.

2. In a device of the character described, an oblong rectangular shallowtray having longitudinal depending sides, a pair of wheels with a shaftat each end ofsaid tray, a strip of sheet metal secured at its-upper endto each end of said tray and formed with a sleeve at its lower end inwhich the shaft of the adjacent pair of wheels is mounted, alongitudinal bar secured to the underside of said tray having each endabutting against one of said strips of sheet metal and a detachableoblong table having its to formed with a shallow tray, and mounte onsaid first-named tray.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH J. GABRIEL. Witnesses:

,G. E. PAGE,

0. S. 'S'I'RANAHAN.

